Self-sorting storage devices



July 25, 1961 L. H. THOMAS ET AL SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES 23 Sheets-Sheet 1 lNV. AND AND I FIG./ I J :Lfii -T 1 /5 1 lMMEDlATE INV AND RESPONSE INV. ,6 LATCH B K l i 200 '1 2/o IMMED I'ATE DE LAY ED RESPONSE AND RESPONSE LATCH T I LATCH -OUTPUT A B SET-UP RESET PULSE Z PULSE F/QZ t=0 2 3 4 5 s 7 a 9 (0 ll l2 l3 l4l5 l6 l7 $19202! 22232425 OUTPUT SET-UP-25 O RESET-2S lNPUT 2|o INPUT 270 OUTPUT INPUT I I I OR OR DELAY H63 H64 OUTPUT RESET DELAY PULSE AND j (DOWN) IMMEDIATE RESPONSE RESET DELAYED RESPONSE LATCH PULSE LATCH (DOWN) INVENTORS LLEWELVN hf THOMAS JAMES W TONER AT TOPNEV July 25, 1961 THOMAS ETAL 2,994,065

SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES Filed March 14, 1956 25 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. 5 INPUT c 220 BLANK DETEcTIoN cIRcuIT 288 I4 278 l ,zaz L286 1 ,290'

lMMEDiATE DELAYED RESPONSE IN\/. AND RESPONSE LATCH LATCH 72 OUTPUT r292 NORMALLY DOWN 205 sET-uP PULSE I 52 OUTPUT NORMALLY UP R ESET PULSE FIG. 6

INPUT c: COMPARISON cIRcuIT 4 L a/4 3/8 I ,220

AND INv I I 322 9 3/6 l .326

NUMBER DEMANDED OR A? AND I OUTPUT uP WHEN FIG 7 READ ouT COMPARISON CIRCUIT INPUT coMPAR DELAYED ISON ccT INV RESPONSE F|G.6 LATCH A ouTPuT 296 298 304 306 I I a/2 NORMALLY DOWN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AND IN\/.

LATCH F I I OUTPUT NORMALLY UP SET-UP PULSE RESET PULSE FIG. 8

E=DI 2 3 4 5 s 7 a 9 I0 H I; I3 I4 l5 l6 I7 I I9 mm 22 23242526 I I I- I I4 c=I2 F 7 1 DEMAND=O g4 D M ND T I I I"- AND 306 OUTPUT 74 I I I I I X /N l/EN TORS LLEWELVN H. THOMAS JAMES W TONER A TTOP/VE V July 25, 1961 H. THOMAS ETAL 2,994,065

SELF-SORTING STORAGE nsvzcss Filed March 14, 1956 23 Sheets-Sheet 3 FIG. 9

TRANSFER SELECTION MA INVENTORS LLEWELVN h. THOMAS JAMES W. TONER ATTORNEY July 25, 1961 1.. H. THOMAS ETAL SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES 23 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed March 14, 1956 lNl/ENTORS LLEWELVN H. THOMAS JAMES W TONER M ATTORNEY July 25, 1961 L. H. THOMAS ETAL SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES 25 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed March 14, 1956 Rm ll mm INVENTORS LLEWELYN H THOMAS JAMES W TONER 5v ATTORNEY July 25, 1961 L. H. THOMAS ET AL SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES 23 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed March 14, 1956 wk ms July 25, 1961 1.. H. THOMAS ETAL SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES 23 Sheets-Sheet 8 Filed March 14, 1956 XEP E EOPU muhmzdik INVENTORS LLEWELYN H. THOMAS JAMES 14 TONER BY A TTOR/VEV July 25, 1961 L. H. THOMAS ETAL SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES 23 Sheets-Sheet 9 Filed March 14, 1956 .O.. ZUI QUNEKUZUQQ omNnummzu INVENTORS LL swa /v H. THOMAS JAMES w TONER B ggu/M ATTORNEY July L. H. THOMAS ETAL SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES Filed March 14, 1956 BITS FIG. /9

23 Sheets-Sheet 11 I FIRST SORTING emu TIME OUTPUT OF LINE C OUTPUT OF LINE B OUTPUT OF LINE A OUTPUT B C OUTPUT A 8 OUTPUT C A C to Cto Bto

SORTING B PATTERN IIO Bio

0. A to an A to 0 n n m m 0 a Atc BLANK DETECTOR C BLANK DETECTOR B BLANK DETECTOR A BLANK READ INTO C READ OUT COMPARISON C READ OUT COMPARISON B READ OUT' COMPARISON A USAGE NUMBER SELECTION GATE SORTING CYCLE GATE RECIRCULATING GATE NUMBER OFFERED FOR STORAGE NUMBER DEMANDED FOR READ OUT FIG. /8

FIG.I9 FIG.2O FIG.2I FIG22 FIG23 INVENTORS LLEWELYN h. THOMAS JAMES I4. TONER ATTORNEY July 25, 1961 THOMAS ETAL 2,994,065

SELF SORTING STORAGE DEVICES Filed March 14, 1956 23 Sheets-Sheet 12 FIG. 20

r SECOND SORTING CYCLE DISPOSAL OF WORDS FROM FIRST SORTING (.ZYCLE TIME 1:13 9 IO N I2 l3 l4 l5 l6 l7 I9 2| 2 24 I62 AT I84 AT I00 W0 0 OR 0 BLANK INVENTORS LLEWELVN H. THOMAS JAMES W TONER A T TOR/V5 V July 25, 1961 H. THOMAS ETAL 2,994,065

SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES Filed March 14, 1956 23 Sheets-Sheet 13 FIG. 2/

I THIRD SORTING CYCLE DISPOSAL OF WORDS FROM SECOND SORTING CYCLE BITS 8 4 2 I 8 4 2 I 8 4 2 I 8 4 2 TIME I: 2 27 28 29 30 BI 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 nos BLANK BL NK E DI to 33 UM ER 8 JAMES W. TONER A TTORNE V July 25, 1961 1 THOMAS ET 2,994,065

SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES Filed March 14. 1956 23 Sheets-Sheet 14 -I FOURTH soRTINc CYCLE If %-DIsPosAI OF woRos FROM THIRD SORTING CYCLE- -I BITS s 4}2 I 8X4L2Fl814121l s Anew TIME t: 40 4\ 42 43 44 45 46 4 7 48 49 5O 5! 52 56 IIo w D 0R EDFRM t H2 w o REDFRM to RTDtC NDIE TE BLANK BL NK EA 1N to INVENfORS LLEWELVN H. THOMAS JAMES W. TONER July 25, 1961 THOMAS r 2,994,065

SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES Filed March 14, 1956 23 Sheets-Sheet 15 FIG. 23

FlFTi-l SORTING CYCLE F-DISPOSAL OF WORDS FROM FOURTH SORTING CYCLE BITS |s42|a|4l2|a42|a42| TIME t= 57 5e 59 so 61 6 263 64 e5 66 s7 68 a9 70 717 IIO BLANK INVENTORS LLEWEL VN h- THOMAS JAMES W TONER ATTORNEY July 25, 1961 1.. H. THOMAS ET AL 2,994,065

SELF-SORTING STORAGE nmvxczs Filed March 14, 1956 23 SheetsSheet l6 July 25, 1961 1.. H. THOMAS ETAL SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES 23 Sheets-Sheet 17 Filed March 14, 1956 July 25, 1961 L. H. THOMAS ETAL SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES 23 Sheets-Sheet 18 INVENTORS L LEM EL VN H. THOMAS AITORNEY JAMES W TONE R Filed March 14, 1956 July 25, 1961 L. H. THOMAS ETAL SELFSORTING STORAGE DEVICES 23 Sheets-Sheet 19 Filed March 14, 1956 mmdc 20mm IN VE N TORS LE WELYN H. THOMAS JAMES M. TONE I? F30 04mm A r rogygy July 25, 1961 H. THOMAS ETAL SELF-SORTING STORAGE DEVICES 23 Sheets-Sheet 20 Filed March 14, 1956 mm .IIS on? of 09 on? 02 H USE Emma w w h z I f 0? 32 on: IP25 mmzonfium E5322 3 5m o9- 3T 02 mum W lNl/EN TOPS LLEWELWV H THOMAS JAMES W TONER BY ATTQR/VEV All 

